Minus the EM Events. That isnt exporation that is following for a reward.
No. That is getting involved in a plot for the sake of the plot. Anyone who shows up at the EM events
solely for the sake of the potential for rewards is stupid. The rewards are rare enough that one may well lose money if one is sufficiently unlucky.
The EM event rewards are great. I've made a lot of money off of them. I like getting them, I look forward to getting them, the RP of my primary character revolves a lot around selling items, including EM event items.
But the EM events on GL are well-attended and people get involved in the plot, even when there's obviously going to be no rewards.
People may be, in fact probably are, there for the rewards.
But not solely. It's pretty obvious that most get into the plot too. The ones who show up and demand rewards tend to not show up all-that-often. Which is good, as the events themselves clearly don't interest them.
Minus the Champs Spawn and Similiar. That is a quest chain of steps to spawn and get a reward.
No, that is the characters doing their jobs.
All people have to make a living. Some in the UO world are farmers, but there's no game mechanic to make money from farming in UO. So in terms of playing a character that makes his or her living on-stage, it's not an option. Champ Spawns "and similar" are a good way of making money, hence making a living, on-stage.
What do you all go and explore?
Explore implies go someplace you haven't been for the purpose of discovering things you don't know about.
Most of all maps in UO have been explored and mapped already. It would make no RP sense to explore in the conventional sense of the term. The closest you could get is "I haven't seen X yet with my own eyes. Let me go and see it as I have little else to do at the moment."
I do have a character who wanders the map periodically, looking for "his destiny." This is a fancy way of saying that I haven't figured out how to RP the character terribly well yet.
I've found things I never expected. I've met casual players. (From Stratics you would expect casual players no longer exist, but the fact is that they do.) I've ran into isolated player towns I've never heard of before. I've found museums no one's ever heard of. I've met people.
I have way more realistic hope for this game after wandering it randomly than I ever would coming to Stratics.
Im pretty done with UO, but figured Id ask, incase I am missing something.
Given your language and tone it appears as though your actual intent is to disparage the things other players do, so that you can have more of an excuse to leave.
-Galen's player
